Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents

What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Men of The White House

De: Cormac O'Brien

Narrado por: Robin Bloodworth

Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that:

• George Washington spent a whopping 7% of his salary on booze
• John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River
• Gerald Ford once worked as a Cosmopolitan magazine cover model
• Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash
• Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in Georgia
• And Richard Nixon . . . sheesh, don’t get us started on Nixon!

With chapters on everyone from George Washington to Barack Obama, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these guys were cheating on their wives? Are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? And what was Nancy Reagan thinking when she appeared on Diff’rent Strokes? American history was never this much fun in school!

©2009 Cormac O'Brien (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Very interesting

An interesting book, although I found it a little more interesting from FDR on because they're presidents who I am familiar with ---

Great before Ford... Heavily liberal bias towards more recent presidents.

Overall... It was enjoyable! He does give Obama, Clinton, and Carter more praise than deserved. He Raped the Bushes... And was even overly negative regarding the Reagan success saying he was abhorred by many?!?!

lots of little know info about our Presidents

I really enjoyed this book. it was slow at first but got better in time

Contained Lots of Interesting Information

Overall, I found this book to be pretty entertaining. It contained a lot of new information that I dod not have previous knowledge of. My biggest issue is that much of book comes from a very left leaning narrative. Liberal presidents tend to be paintes in a much better light than that of their conservative counterparts. However, this wasn't so much of a problem that I would have any issues recommending it.
Thanks,
Mike

Wow! our presidents are human!

Enjoyed the read ,found to be humorous. Would like to read more on President Harding and his scandals in Ohio , with Harding 's cabin.aa

Incredible

This is an incredible book. The content is very funny and engaging. Also, Robin Bloodworth has the perfect voice for narrating this book. If you have any interest in the U.S. Presidents and are not a prude, then you need to buy this book!

One of my new favorite books

I love hearing about the good and the bad of significant characters in history. This book was right up my alley! I'd say more, but just do yourself a favor and read it...

Mostly Neutral

Overall, I didn't perceive any bias until it got to Reagan. After that, the veil of neutrality was obviously removed by the author (and narrator).

Witty and Engaging

Each chapter is a different president in order from Washington to Obama. Love that each story highlights major events during each president’s term(s) and gives little random fun facts in between.

Mostly satire

Definitely amusing. Hopefully folks will catch on that several “stories” are embellished and pure fiction.